Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Mans of NC & SW UT Desert
Bikes: 86 Katakura Silk, 87 Prologue X2, 88 Cimarron LE, 1975 Sekai 4000 Professional, 73 Paramount, plus more
Chrome is always a great place to start. Those old Ross MTBs were pretty sweet.
As far as funding the build, it depends how deep you go into the project and the size of your parts bin. My build (which I will admit was pretty basic) was very cheap: drop bars out of the pile, barcons out of the drawer, $5 bar tape, $6 brake levers, and $6 in housings and cables.